Railway-tie.



N0.`896,5o1. PATENTED AUG. 1a, 1908.

' u, o. B. WOMER.'

RALWAY TIE.

API LIOATIO N FILED SEPT. 26, 1907.

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PATENT OFFIOE.

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i RAILWAY-Tin.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1s, 1908.

Application mea september 2e, 1907'. I serial N0.-s94,734.

To alt lwhom 'it may concern: v

Be 1t known that I, CnAYTON E. WOMER,l a citizen of the United States, residing. at Re.-

. public, in the county of Senecaand State of Ohio, have'v invented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is a. specification. i J

rlhis invention relates to railway ties and.

its object is to provide a metallic tie which is of simple and durable construction and which 1s provided with means whereby rails can be securely fastened thereto. y

A still further object is to provide cushioning means by the use of which the noise and vibration vproduced by trains passing over the vrails can be reduced to the minimum.

Another vobject is to provide atie formed offew parts and which can beconveniently 4stored -in a small compass before the parts are assembled. With' these and other objectsjin` view the lnventlon consists of certain vnovel features of construction and combinations-ofparts which .will be hereinafter more fully describedl and 25 pointed out in the claims.

Inthe accompanying drawin is' is shown the'preferred form of the invention. 'l Y' In said drawings: Figure 1 is an end elevation of la tie embodying the present improvements, a rail being shown* in positionthereon. Fig. ;2 is a-sectionthroughv one end portion of the tie, said section'bein vtaken on the line Fig. 1.. `Fi `.3 is a etail view of one of the supporting b ocks of the tie.

Referring to the iguresby characters of reference, 1 designates a base plate on which -is mounted a'metal supporting block'2 prefy erably rectangular in form an/d having laterstantially U-sha ed'. The same is so pro-v portioned as to t snugly at each end u on a supporting block such as described an with Aits edges lapped by the guard ribs llas indicated in Fig. 1.

Registerin openings 6 and 7 'are formed within the bloc 2' and the base Aplate 1 respectively and are .designed to rec eive a U-shaped securing rod-8 the end portionsof which extend through openings 9 formed within the body portion 5 and register with the opening 6.

formed of rub er and 4which rests upon the constitutes a su port.for achair'll. This chair is prefera y formed of sheet metal and has guard flanges 12 along the side 'edges thereof designed to retainrail engaging blocks 13. These blocks are so shaped as to fit upon the base ianges 14 of a rail 15 and both Ithe blocks 13 and the chair 11 have openings project. The extremities, of this rod are signed to be engaged by nuts 1.7. Obviously the tie can be securely bound together and in place upon the chair 11 by meansof b ocks 1.3. It will thus be seen that a single Securing-memberserves both to fasten the rail in position and to hold the parts of the tie to ether.l A y mporta-nc'eisattachedto'the'.provision of preferably formcdofjrubbei. This cushion 'ing noise and vvibration such as produced When ears are travelingvover the ralls and 1t can alsoconstitute a partlal means for msuductors for electrical signaling vapparatus and thelike. Although only. one supporting block 2, cushion 10, etc. have been shown in the drawingsit is lto be understood of course that these parts are to be arranged at both cushioned in the same manner. The base 'plate 1 is designed to be covered by ballast can also extendjlupwad into the body 5 bearranging the ballast in this manner the tie will be positively prevented from creeping.

It istobe understood that,if desired, the cushions 10 may be dispensed with. It is also to be understood that if desired the base plates l may be dispensed with, in which event the blocks 2 will serve to anchor the tie and hold it against cree ing. Importance is attached to the fact t at the intermediate y These end portions also project throu h a cushion 10 preferably` body portion 5 directly above the block 2-and through which .the end'portions of the rod 8 i screw threaded as indicated at 16 andare de- .v

by tightening these nuts all of the parts of' the railwill at the same time be held tivhtly the cushion IOj-WhiChf'a's before stated, is

will serve as an effective means for preventlatingthe two rails of a track and is therefore.

advantageous for use in connection with elec- I -tric railroad -systems "or in connection with. railways in which the rails are used as conends of the b odyl 5 to form a complete tie so .i that each of the'rails be supported andV so as to constitute 'ananchor andthe ballast tween the blocks 2 and it is obviousthat by portion of the channel or' trough-like body 5 of the tie is uppermost and does not rest upon the roadbed. The danger or the tie yond the block and constituting an anchor.

r'2. The combination with an inverted channeled'body portion, a cushion thereon, a chair upon the cushion, and rail engaging vmeans Within the chair; of a sup orting block within the body, and means for inding together the block, the rail engaging devices, and the parts interposed therebetween.

3,. The combination With a supporting block; of an inverted channeled body upon and embracing the block, means -upon the block for engaging and retaining the edge portions of the'body, and means for securing the body and block together.

4; The combination Withan inverted channeled body, of a sup orting 'block therein, means integral With't e block for engaging and retaining the edge portions of the body,

`an anchoring4 late extending under and beyond the bloc r, and means for securing the body, late and block together.

' 5. T e combination with an inverted chanseaso 1' neled body of a supplorting vblock therein, means integral With te block for eng-aging and retaining the edge portions of the body,A ran anchoring plate extending under and beyond the block, means for securing the body, plate and block together, and rail engaging devices above the body and secured by said means. F6." The combination With a body, a supl porting block thereunder, a substantially U- shaped securingdevice extending through the block and body; of a chair engaged by said securing device and having integral guard devlces, a cushion inter osed between end portions of thesecuring device.

`A7. The combination vvith a body, af suporting block thereunder, an anchoring devicey beneath f and lextending beyond .the block, and a substantially U-shaped securing device extending through the plate, block f the body and chair, and rai engaging'de vvices upon andengaged by the respective and body; of a chair engaged by said device and having integralguard iianges, a cushion interposed between the chair and body, and

oppositely disposed vrail engaging devices upon the chair and engaged by therespective n ends of the securing device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

lCRAYTON E. VVOMER.

Witnesses:

BELLE MELBER, FRANK L. ANvAY. 

